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Wood cracking in a recent structure
Hello everyone, I recently did an inspection of a glued laminated wood structure which had a lot of cracking in the columns. The beams seemed to have little to no crack. I think it's principally due to shrinkage of the wood, since I could unscrew bolt from the wood by hand. The problem is...- Jeepitou
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- Replies: 40
- Forum: Wood design and engineering
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Uplift in shear wall is too high
Hello everyone, One of my colleague is designing a 4 story wood building and having some trouble with the design of the hold down. The shear wall are parallel to the joist, so they don't support any dead load. The uplift at the base of the building for the smaller wall is 45000 lbs, we can't...- Jeepitou
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- Replies: 16
- Forum: Moment Frame & Shear Wall engineering
